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Meade LX200 Instruction Manual
7" Maksutov-Cassegrain, and 8", 10", and 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes
A. INTRODUCING THE MEADE LX200
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Never
use a telescope or spotting
scope to look at the Sun!
Observing the Sun, even for
the shortest fraction of a
second, will cause irreversible damage
to your eye as well as physical damage
to the telescope or spotting scope itself.
As a new LX200 owner, you are preparing for a journey into the
universe with the most advanced amateur telescope ever produced.
The advent of this instrument is the culmination of twenty years of
innovation and design at Meade Instruments; never before have the
features you have in your hands been available to amateur
astronomers: from robotic object location to the revolutionary Smart
Drive and the most stable mounting structure ever. Your telescope
comes to you ready for adventure; it will be your tour guide and
traveling companion in a universe of planets, galaxies, and stars.
Meade 8", 10", and 12" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain and 7" Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes are
instruments of advanced mirror-lens design for astronomical and terrestrial applications. Optically and
mechanically, the 7", 8", 10", and 12" telescope models are perhaps the most sophisticated and precisely
manufactured telescopes ever made available to the serious amateur. These telescopes enable the visual
astronomer to reach out for detailed observations of the Solar System (the planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars)
and beyond to distant nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. The astrophotographer will find a virtually
limitless range of possibilities since, with the precision Meade worm-gear motor drive system, long
exposure guided photography becomes not a distant goal, but an achievable reality. The capabilities of the
instrument are essentially limited not by the telescope, but by the acquired skills of the observer and
photographer.
The 7", 8", 10", and 12" LX200 are, with the exception of a few assembly operations and features, almost
identical operationally. Most standard and optional accessories are interchangeable between the three
telescopes. The instructions in this manual generally apply to all three telescopes; when exceptions to this
rule occur, they are clearly pointed out.
IMPORTANT NOTE
If you are anxious to use your Meade LX200 Telescope for the first time, at the very least be sure to read
Telescope Assembly and Quick Start sections of this manual. Thereafter, we urge you to read the balance
of this manual thoroughly at your leisure, in order that you may fully enjoy the many features offered by the
instrument.
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